Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-29
COUNTRY VERSUS CITY.
a Rustic Lad the Sid-wsik-A City
lboy in the Country.

a Rustic Lad On the Sidewsik-A City
Boy in the Country.
When the country chap enters on the
side .alkS oi a city IL asIonishes HIM, and
at the same moment irritates him 10 hear
remark from "A dapper youth to the
effect: ''Hullo, countryr' He can't for
the life of him see what there is in his ap-
pearance that suggests that he is from the
country. His cowhide boots, his clothes
Of a hue that suggest the home dye pot,
and cut which recalls a past genera
ton; the stoOp in his shoulders indicative
Of toll: his queer hat and long unkempt
hair do not present themselves to him As
being at all odd or out of the way. He
does not believe that there Is anything III
his appearance that is unlike the city
chaps. Ii is simply an unwarranted ill.,
suit
You shet up, gol darn ye'' is his reply
tn the impertinence.
Then another city boy joins the Est,
and then three more. They form around
the visitor, first at a safe distance, and re-
peat the offensive Country "Coun-
try!' One bolder than the other makes a
snatch at his visitors hat, and he in re-
turn launches out his big cowhide boot
and catches the little assaiiant in a ten
der place. He howls with pain, and then
the Others attack the countryman en-
masse. They hit him with chunks Of
wood. They pelt him with Jumps Of dirt.
They charge on him in ones, twos, threes
and smire him in the back, on his coun-
t@nance. They trip him up and otherwise
maiIreat him TIL the racket attracts a
citizen with a cane and Il constable's com
mission. who chases away the mob.
As a resulr there is eternal enmity he
tween city and country. The city boy
that ventures into the country is liable Ia
get hit with a stone or a rotten apple, be
sides being constantly jibed at for his ap-
pearance. He is put through course
of sprouts If great variety.
When nature was engaged in the manu-
facture of "bumblebees" she made two
kinds, alike in appearance, save that she
painted the practical end of one bright yell
low and that Of the other n deep black. The
former is pretty and harmless; the latter
is not So pretty, but makes up for 1t in the
possession of lance that it uses with cou.
summate skill.
1t was fun TO initiate the city boy into
hunting bumhlebees in connection with
assuring him that you knew plant whose
JutS oia "outu iul
sting Of a bee. The country boy rubs his
palms with the white juice OF the milk
weed. and then demonstrates its value to his
creGulous visitor. He hunts among the bull
thistles Till he finds bumblebee with the
yellow caisson, and boldly clutches him in
his hand. Then the city boy must try iti
milkweed juice is applied, and then the
crafty country fiend steers" him agains.
l,,Nt Il. l., 10,
with the nicresceut attachment He
grasps it gingerly, and instantly drops 1t
with shrek Of pain, and convulsively
shakes his hand AS he twists about iu
agony.
A nettle bush affords the country lad
opportunity to amuse his city visitor.
go and shake that bush there. and you'll
hear bees holler " He grasps ii. shakes
it vigorously, and n moment later it is
himself which he hears ''holler." and not
the bees. To induce the tlurutOrei city
boy Ia climb up bush to get sight of the
eggs in crows nest IL popular
method oi getting the visitor in cOmmu-
nication with residence uf a hornet In
walking through the weo,ls one would
sometimes encounter the Noung Of well
known animal, and which had the ap-
paaranCe OF kitten. TO point out the
"bItren,' aud induce the city innocent to
g, and pick it up. was not an uncommon
occurrence. | have >een several al these
animals thus picked up, hnt | never saw
an instance in which they wer- held for
any great length of time.
Another little diversion in the interests
sf the visitor from the city was 10 ia
Teigle him {" ga ia swimming and then
deluge his shir, win That hrgumInOus di-
Abolsm. "cnwitch All the country
boys, when they go swimming, dry them
selves with their shirts The city boy,
following their example, would intensity
the torture Of the application.
The country boy had his reyenges
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